Asian-Pacific Network of Centers for Earthquake Engineering
Research (ANCER)

International Conference on Advances and New
Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research

August 15-20, 2002
Harbin and Hong Kong, China

In Honor of the Late Professor Liu Huixian

ANCER 2002

The International Conference on Advances and New Challenges in Earthquake
Engineering Research, sponsored by Asian-Pacific
Network of Centers for Earthquake Engineering Research (ANCER), will be held August 15-20, 2002. The
Conference will consist of two consecutive back-to-back meetings in Harbin and
Hong Kong, China. The Harbin component of the meeting, hosted by the Institute
of Engineering Mechanics of China Seismological Bureau (IEM, CSB) on August
15-17, will focus on new phenomena of earthquake engineering and innovative
solution approaches. The Hong Kong meeting component, hosted by Hong Kong
Polytechnic University (HK Poly U) on August 19-20, will emphasize problems in
areas of moderate seismicity and intelligent infrastructure engineering.
Research in the development and application of advanced technologies will be the
common underpinning of both meetings.

Important Dates

Proceedings

Two separate proceedings and session reports will be published after the
Conference. Extended abstracts and available full-length papers will be
distributed at the Conference.

Registration Information

The registration fee is $200 (US) for the Harbin Conference, and includes a
banquet, three lunches, coffee breaks, and proceedings of the Harbin Conference.

The fee is $150 (US) for the Hong Kong Conference, which includes a banquet, two
lunches, coffee breaks, and proceedings of the Hong Kong Conference.

Official Language

The official language of the
conference for both oral and written presentations is English. Meeting rooms
will be equipped with projectors for slides and transparencies, as well as
computer projectors.

Keynote Speakers

A number of world-renowned scholars in the area of earthquake engineering
will be invited to deliver keynote lectures at the conferences.

Call for Papers

Authors are invited to submit 200-300 word abstracts to the organizing
committee (see complete submittal information below) where they prefer to
present the paper. However, the final decision as to where a paper is presented
will be left to the International Advisory Committee. Authors are strongly
encouraged to participate in both conferences.

Abstracts are due March 31, 2002, and the full-length paper is due at the
beginning of the conference. Two separate proceedings and session reports will
be published after the conference. Extended abstracts and available full-length
papers will be distributed at the conference.

Harbin Conference Topics

The three-day international conference in Harbin will focus on advances and
new challenges in earthquake engineering, emphasizing experiences and lessons
learned from recent destructive earthquakes, and trends in earthquake
engineering. Special features include: the first annual meeting of the
Asian-Pacific Network of Centers for Earthquake Engineering Research (ANCER), and a tribute to the 90th anniversary of the birth of the late
Professor Liu Huixian, founder of Chinese earthquake engineering and a
well-known expert throughout the world.

Hong Kong Conference Topics

The two-day conference in Hong Kong will follow the Harbin conference and
focus on advances in and issues on earthquake engineering with special emphasis
on problems for regions of moderate seismicity. Emphasis will be given to the
application of emerging technologies and new design philosophies and
methodologies to address recent challenges in earthquake engineering and hazard
mitigation, and to examine new opportunities on the basis of Asia-Pacific
regional and global cooperation.

The Hong Kong Conference welcomes papers on the following main themes: